Age: 68
Sex: male
Date: 22 Jun 1953
Place: River Wear, Sunderland
John William Hopper was found dead in the River Wear on 22 June 1953.
He had lived in Sunderland and was last known to have been out drinking and on his way to a mental hospital where he was a voluntary patient.
see www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk
see Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette - Friday 03 July 1953
see Unsolved 1953
